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Kerr Street Ministries (KSM) held its Coldest Night of the Year fundraising walk Saturday.
It's a national fundraising effort that supports charities that work with community members who are hungry or homeless.
Locally, the outdoor, evening walk excursion, will support Kerr Street Ministries (KSM).
Here, Gary O'Neill, KSM executive director begins his walk.
The event is meant to provide participants the opportunity to get a hint of the challenges faced by those experiencing homelessness by walking for a few hours during a cold Canadian night. Participants can walk either a two-kilometre, 5K or 10K route.
KSM was aiming to $50,000 through the walk that began at its Kerr Street headquarters.
For information, visit www.coldestnightoftheyear.org/location/oakville.


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The Prince of Tides
The stirring saga of a man's journey to free his sister—and himself—from a tragic family history
Tom Wingo has lost his job, and is on the verge of losing his marriage, when he learns that his twin sister, Savannah, has attempted suicide again. At the behest of Savannah's psychiatrist, Tom reluctantly leaves his home in South Carolina to travel to New York City and aid in his sister's therapy. As Tom's relationship with her psychiatrist deepens, he reveals to her the turbulent history of the Wingo family, and exposes the truth behind the fateful day that changed their lives forever. Drawing richly from Pat Conroy's own troubled upbringing, The Prince of Tides is a sweeping and powerful story of how unlocking the past can be the secret to overcoming the darkest of personal demons.
Last Exit to Brooklyn: A Novel
A classic of postwar American literature, Last Exit to Brooklyn created shockwaves upon its release in 1964 with its raw, vibrant language and startling revelations of New York City's underbelly. The prostitutes, drunks, addicts, and johns of Selby's Brooklyn are fierce and lonely creatures, desperately searching for a moment of transcendence amidst the decay and brutality of the waterfront—though none have any real hope of escape. Last Exit to Brooklyn offers a disturbing yet hauntingly sensitive portrayal of American life, and nearly fifty years after publication, it stands as a crucial and masterful work of modern fiction. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Hubert Selby Jr. including rare photos from the author's estate.
Sophie's Choice
"Styron's most impressive performance. . . . Belongs on that small shelf reserved for American masterpieces." —Washington Post Book World Winner of the 1980 National Book Award, Sophie's Choice is William Styron's classic novel of love, survival, and regret, set in Brooklyn in the wake of the Second World War. The novel centers on three characters: Stingo, a sexually frustrated aspiring novelist; Nathan, his charismatic but violent Jewish neighbor; and Sophie, an Auschwitz survivor who is Nathan's lover. Their entanglement in one another's lives will build to a stirring revelation of agonizing secrets that will change them forever. Poetic in its execution, and epic in its emotional sweep, Sophie's Choice explores the good and evil of humanity through Stingo's burgeoning worldliness, Nathan's volatile personality, and Sophie's tragic past. Mixing elements from Styron's own experience with themes of the Holocaust and the history of slavery in the American South, the novel is a profound and haunting human drama. The result is Styron at the pinnacle of his literary brilliance. This ebook features a new illustrated biography of William Styron, including original letters, rare photos, and never-before-seen documents from the Styron family and the Duke University Archives.
Rosemary's Baby
Shortly after Guy lands a plum Broadway role, Rosemary becomes pregnant, and the Castavets start taking a special interest in her welfare. As the sickened Rosemary becomes increasingly isolated, she begins to suspect that the Castevets' circle is not what it seems . . .
Boy's Life
Fear of Flying: Fortieth Anniversary Edition
After five years, Isadora Wing has come to a crossroads in her marriage: Should she and her husband stay together or get divorced? Accompanying her husband to an analysts' conference in Vienna, she ditches him and strikes out on her own, crisscrossing Europe in search of a man who can inspire uninhibited passion. But, as she comes to learn, liberation and happiness are not necessarily the same thing. A literary sensation when first published in 1973, Fear of Flying established Erica Jong as one of her generation's foremost voices on sex and feminism. Nearly four decades later, the novel has lost none of its insight, verve, or jaw-dropping wit. This ebook features a new introduction by Fay Weldon, as well as an illustrated biography of Erica Jong, including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author's personal collection.
A Sport and a Pastime
Candy, that perfect, adorable, innocent girl, was born on Valentine's Day, and her Daddy says that's why she's so beautiful. At her College in Racine, Wisconsin, in Professor Mephisto's lecture on philosophy and how "deep and aching are the needs of man," Candy seems to take his pronouncement to heart, dedicating the rest of her days to, as Southern puts it, "bringing the sweet balm of her warmth to all those lonely men on her arduous path to spiritual enlightenment." There is the hunchback who causes her to cry out in wild abandon, "Your hump! Give me your hump!", the crazed gynecologist in the bar bathroom who "examines" her, the salacious aunt, her father's lecherous twin brother, and the nutty Cracker Foundation, where her guru initiates her into the mystical realm of "glandular mastery." It is in Tibet, during an earthquake, that a holy man and the Buddha together lead her to full . . . enlightenment. Originally published under a pseudonym, this book had the unique honor of being banned in France, only to become one of the bestselling novels of 1960s America—one that brought Southern both fame and infamy. A book that, along with Lolita, broke the grip of American literary censorship, Candy leaves you tantalized, scandalized, and weak with laughter. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Terry Southern including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author's estate.
Essays in Humanism
An inspiring collection of the great thinker's views on a rapidly changing world Nuclear proliferation, Zionism, and the global economy are just a few of the insightful and surprisingly prescient topics scientist Albert Einstein discusses in this volume of collected essays from between 1931 and 1950. Written with a clear voice and a thoughtful perspective on the effects of science, economics, and politics in daily life, Einstein's writings provide an intriguing view inside the mind of a genius addressing the philosophical challenges presented during the turbulence of the Great Depression, the Second World War, and the dawn of the Cold War. This authorized Philosophical Library ebook features rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the Albert Einstein Archives at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
From Here to Eternity: The Restored Edition
At the Pearl Harbor army base in 1941, Robert E. Lee Prewitt is Uncle Sam's finest bugler. A career soldier with no patience for army politics, Prewitt becomes incensed when a commander's favorite wins the title of First Bugler. His indignation results in a transfer to an infantry unit whose commander is less interested in preparing for war than he is in boxing. But when Prewitt refuses to join the company team, the commander and his sergeant decide to make the bugler's life hell.
An American classic now available with scenes and dialogue considered unfit for publication in the 1950s, From Here to Eternity is a stirring picture of army life in the months leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
This ebook features an illustrated biography of James Jones including rare photos from the author's estate.
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
Sex and the Single Girl: The Unmarried Woman's Guide to Men
The Black Book: A Novel
As over-the-top as it is inventive, Durrell's breakthrough novel is a series of sordid vignettes drawn from the lives of decadent artists, doomed bohemians, and continental rascals inhabiting a shabby London hotel, narrated in turns by the unforgettable Lawrence Lucifer and Gregory Death. Together, these characters seek to escape the absurdity of a Europe haunted by devastating war, yet beginning to pitch toward another apocalypse. First published in 1938, and influenced by Henry Miller and the sincere pranksterism of the surrealist movement, The Black Book marks the emergence of one of the most revolutionary voices in twentieth-century English literature. This ebook contains a new introduction by DBC Pierre.
The Confessions of Nat Turner
The explosive 1967 Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, a gripping and unforgettable portrait of the leader of America's bloodiest slave revolt The Confessions of Nat Turner is William Styron's complex and richly drawn imagining of Nat Turner, the leader of the 1831 slave rebellion in Virginia that led to the deaths of almost sixty men, women, and children. Published at the height of the civil rights movement, the novel draws upon the historical Nat Turner's confession to his attorney, made as he awaited execution in a Virginia jail. This powerful narrative, steeped in the brutal and tragic history of American slavery, reveals a Turner who is neither a hero nor a demon, but rather a man driven to exact vengeance for the centuries of injustice inflicted upon his people. Nat Turner is a galvanizing portrayal of the crushing institution of slavery, and Styron's deeply layered characterization is a stunning rendering of one man's violent struggle against oppression. This ebook features a new illustrated biography of William Styron, including original letters, rare photos, and never-before-seen documents from the Styron family and the Duke University Archives.
The Bastard
Meet Phillipe Charboneau: the illegitimate son and unrecognized heir of the Duke of Kentland. Upon the Duke's death, Phillipe is denied his birthright and left to build a life of his own. Seeking all that the New World promises, he leaves London for America, shedding his past and preparing for the future by changing his name to Philip Kent. He arrives at the brink of the American Revolution, which tests his allegiances in ways he never imagined. The first volume of John Jakes's wildly successful and highly addictive Kent Family Chronicles, The Bastard is a triumph of historical fiction. This ebook features an illustrated biography of John Jakes including rare images from the author's personal collection.
The Werewolf of Paris: A Novel
The werewolf is one of the great iconic figures of horror in folklore, legend, film, and literature. And connoisseurs of horror fiction know that The Werewolf of Paris is a cornerstone work, a masterpiece of the genre that deservedly ranks with Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Bram Stoker's Dracula, and Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Endore's classic novel has not only withstood the test of time since it was first published in 1933, but it boldly used and portrayed elements of sexual compulsion in ways that had never been seen before, at least not in horror literature. In this gripping work of historical fiction, Endore's werewolf, an outcast named Bertrand Caillet, travels across pre-Revolutionary France seeking to calm the beast within. Stunning in its sexual frankness and eerie, fog-enshrouded visions, this novel was decidedly influential for the generations of horror and science fiction authors who came afterward.
Gentleman's Agreement
Journalist Philip Green has just moved to New York City from California when the Third Reich falls. To mark this moment in history, his editor at Smith's Weekly Magazine assigns Phil a series of articles on anti-Semitism in America. In order to experience anti-Semitism firsthand, Phil, a Christian, decides to pose as a Jew. What he discovers about the rampant bigotry in America will change him forever.
The Drowning of Stephan Jones
Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A.
The Terrorist
Laura and Billy are all-American expat kids living in London with their parents. Charming eleven-year-old Billy wants to be an entrepreneur and is making a good start with his paper route and by selling American macaroni-and-cheese to his British friends. Pretty teenaged Laura is so boy-crazy she hopes her unique crush-ranking system will be attractive to college admissions boards. But their carefree lives change forever when Billy is handed a mysterious package in a London Underground station. In a heartbreaking instant, Billy becomes a hero and a victim, and his family is left to mourn his tragic loss. Her parents try to move on, but Laura is determined to stop at nothing to find whoever is responsible for killing her brother. She embarks on a journey of paranoia and obsession that won't stop until she discovers the shocking truth. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Caroline B. Cooney including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author's personal collection.
Citizen Tom Paine
Thomas Paine's voice rang in the ears of eighteenth-century revolutionaries from America to France to England. He was friend to luminaries such as Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, and William Wordsworth. His pamphlets extolling democracy sold in the millions. Yet he died a forgotten man, isolated by his rough manners, idealistic zeal, and unwillingness to compromise. Howard Fast's brilliant portrait brings Paine to the fore as a legend of American history, and provides readers with a gripping narrative of modern democracy's earliest days in America and Europe. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Howard Fast including rare photos from the author's estate.
God's Little Acre
Single father and poor Southern farmer Ty Ty Walden has a plan to save his farm and his family: He will tear his fields apart until he finds gold. While Ty Ty obsesses over his fool's quest, his sons and daughters search in vain for their own dreams of instant happiness—whether from money, violence, or sex. God's Little Acre is a classic dark comedy, a satire that lampoons a broken South while holding a light to the toll that poverty takes on the hopes and dreams of the poor themselves. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Erskine Caldwell including rare photos and never-before-seen documents courtesy of the Dartmouth College Library.

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|Slogan or nickname
|The Sunshine State
|Audax at Fidelis
(Bold but Faithful)
Other Australian states and territories
|23°S 143°E / 23°S 143°ECoordinates: 23°S 143°E / 23°S 143°E
|Capital city
Banana Bender (colloquial)
|Constitutional monarchy
|- Governor
|Penelope Wensley
|- Premier
|Campbell Newman (LNP)
|Australian state
|- Self-governing colony
|6 June 1859
|- Statehood
|- Australia Act
|3 March 1986
|- Total
|1,852,642 km² (2nd)
715,309 sq mi
|- Land
|1,730,620 km²
668,196 sq mi
|- Water
|121,994 km² (6.58%)
47,102 sq mi
(End of March 2012)[1]
|- Population
|5,027,889 (3rd)
|- Density
|2.90/km² (5th)
7.5 /sq mi
|- Highest point
|Mount Bartle Frere
1,622 m (5,322 ft)
|Gross state product
|- Product ($m)
|$251,616[2] (3rd)
|- Product per capita
|$55,414 (5th)
|Time zone(s)
(does not observe DST)
|Federal representation
|- House seats
|- Senate seats
|- Postal
|- Floral
|Cooktown orchid
(Dendrobium phalaenopsis)[3]
|- Animal
(Phascolarctos cinereus)
|- Bird
|Brolga (Grus rubicunda)
|- Fish
|Barrier Reef Anemonefish
(Amphiprion akindynos)
|- Mineral or Gemstone
|- Colours
Queensland (abbreviated as Qld) is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. Situated in the north-east of the country, it is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean. Queensland has a population of 4,560,059, concentrated along the coast and particularly in the state's South East. The state is the world's sixth largest sub-national entity, with an area of 1,852,642 km2. The capital and largest city in the state is Brisbane, Australia's third largest city. Referred to as the 'Sunshine State', Queensland is home to 10 of Australia's 30 largest cities and is the nation's third largest economy.
Queensland was first occupied by Australian Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders.[5][6] The first European to land in Queensland (and Australia) was Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon in 1606, who explored the west coast of the Cape York Peninsula near present-day Weipa. In 1770, Lieutenant James Cook claimed the east coast of Australia for the Kingdom of Great Britain. The colony of New South Wales was founded in 1788 by Governor Arthur Phillip at Sydney; New South Wales at that time included all of what is now Queensland, Victoria and Tasmania. Queensland was explored in subsequent decades until the establishment of a penal colony at Brisbane in 1824 by John Oxley. Penal transportation ceased in 1839 and free settlement permitted in 1842.
The state was named in honour of Queen Victoria,[7] who on 6 June 1859 signed Letters Patent separating the colony from New South Wales. The date 6 June is now celebrated state-wide as Queensland Day. Queen Victoria, who went on to become Britain's longest reigning monarch, chose an eponymous name for the colony over Cooksland, which had been suggested by the influential local Presbyterian minister John Dunmore Lang in honour of navigator James Cook.[8][9] Queensland achieved statehood with the Federation of Australia on 1 January 1901.
Queensland's Governor is Penelope Wensley, and the Premier is Campbell Newman of the Liberal National Party of Queensland.
- 1 History
- 2 Geography
- 3 Demographics
- 4 Economy
- 5 Transport
- 6 Governance
- 7 Universities
- 8 Sports
- 9 See also
- 10 References
- 11 External links
The history of Queensland spans thousands of years, encompassing both a lengthy indigenous presence, as well as the eventful times of post-European settlement. The north-eastern Australian region was explored by Dutch, Portuguese and French navigators before being encountered by Lieutenant James Cook in 1770. The state has witnessed frontier warfare between European settlers and Indigenous inhabitants (which did not result in any settlement or treaty), as well as the exploitation of cheap Kanaka labour sourced from the South Pacific through a form of forced recruitment known at the time as "blackbirding". The Australian Labor Party has its origin as a formal organisation in Queensland and the town of Barcaldine is the symbolic birthplace of the party.[10] June 2009 marked the 150th anniversary of its creation as a separate colony from New South Wales.[11] A rare record of early settler life in north Queensland can be seen in a set of ten photographic glass plates taken in the 1860s by Richard Daintree, in the collection of the National Museum of Australia.[12]
Arrival of Aboriginals[edit]
The Aboriginal occupation of Queensland is thought to predate 50,000 BC. The Indigenous Australians reached the country likely via boat or land bridge across Torres Strait, South East Asia and explored the continent over the next hundred years, living in Queensland with over 90 different language groups.
During the last ice age Queensland's landscape to become more arid and largely desolate, making food and other supplies scarce. This led to development of the world's first seed-grinding technology. The land again became hospitable thanks to a warming in temperatures, which brought high rainfall along the eastern coast and generated the growth of the state's tropical rain forests.[13]
European arrival (1606)[edit]
In February 1606, Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon landed near the site of what is now Weipa, on the western shore of Cape York. This was the first recorded landing of a European in Australia, and it also marked the first reported contact between European and Aboriginal Australian people.[13] The region was also explored by French and Portuguese explorers (commanded by Louis Antoine de Bougainville and Luís Vaz de Torres, respectively) prior to the arrival of Lieutenant James Cook in 1770. Cook claimed the east coast under instruction from King George III of England on 22 August 1770 at Possession Island, naming Eastern Australia, including Queensland, 'New South Wales'.[14]
The Aboriginal Australian population in Queensland declined significantly when European explorers brought smallpox to the eastern states in the late eighteenth century.[15]
In 1823, John Oxley, a British explorer, sailed north from what is now Sydney to scout possible penal colony sites in Gladstone (then Port Curtis) and Moreton Bay. At Moreton Bay, he found the Brisbane River. He returned in 1824 and established a settlement at what is now Redcliffe. The settlement, initially known as Edenglassie, was then transferred to the current location of the Brisbane city centre. Edmund Lockyer discovered outcrops of coal along the banks of the upper Brisbane River in 1825.[16] In 1839 transportation of convicts was ceased, culminating in the closure of the Brisbane penal settlement. In 1842 free settlement was permitted. In 1847, the Port of Maryborough was opened as a wool port. The first free immigrant ship to arrive in Moreton Bay was the Artemisia in 1848. In 1857, Queensland's first lighthouse was built at Cape Moreton.
Frontier War[edit]
A war erupted between Aborigines and settlers in colonial Queensland. The Frontier War was notable for being the most bloody in Australia, which is believed to be due to the fact that Queensland has larger pre-contact indigenous population than the other colonies of Australia. A recent survey states that approximately 1,500 European settlers and their allies who consisted of Chinese, Aboriginal and Melanesian Assistants were killed in frontier skirmishes during the nineteenth century. The same study similarly indicates the actual casualties Aboriginal people suffered, which was classified as 'warfare' and at times, notably, as a 'war of extermination'. The death toll was highly likely to exceed 30,000. A paid force in the Queensland government known as the 'Native Police Force' was a key instrument in seeing the oppression of the indigenous people.[17]
During this time, the largest massacre on whites by Aborigines also took place in Queensland. On 27 October 1857, Martha Fraser's Hornet Bank station on the Dawson River took the lives of 11 Europeans.[18]
Colony of Queensland[edit]
A public meeting was held in 1851 to consider Queensland's proposed separation from New South Wales. On 6 June 1859, Queen Victoria signed Letters Patent to form the separate colony of what is now Queensland. Brisbane was appointed as the capital city. On 10 December 1859, a proclamation was read by British author George Bowen, whereby Queensland was formally separated from the state of New South Wales.[19] As a result, Bowen became the first Governor of Queensland. On 22 May 1860 the first Queensland election was held and Robert Herbert, Bowen's private secretary, was appointed as the first Premier of Queensland. Queensland also become the first Australian colony to establish its own parliament rather than pending time as a Crown Colony. In 1865, the first rail lane in the state opened between Ipswich and Grandchester.
Queensland's economy expanded rapidly in 1867 after James Nash discovered gold on the Mary River near the town of Gympie, sparking a gold rush. While still significant, they were on a much smaller scale than the gold rushes of Victoria and New South Wales. During the period from the 1860s till the early 20th century, many labourers, known at the time as Kanakas, were brought to Queensland from neighbouring Pacific Island nations to work in the states sugar cane fields. Some of these people had been kidnapped under a process known as Blackbirding or press ganging, and their employment conditions amounted to indentured labour or even slavery. During the Australian federation of 1901, the White Australia policy came into effect, which saw all foreign workers in Australia deported under the Pacific Island Labourers Act of 1901, which saw the Pacific Islander population of the state decrease rapidly.[20]
Twentieth Century[edit]
On 1 January 1901, Australia was federated following a proclamation by Queen Victoria. During this time, Queensland had a population of half a million people. Brisbane was subsequently proclaimed a city in 1902. In 1905, women voted in state elections for the first time and the University of Queensland was established in 1909. In 1911, The first alternative treatments for polio were pioneered in Queensland and remain in use across the world today. Australia's first major airline, Qantas, was founded in 1920 to serve outback Queensland.
In 1922, Queensland abolished the Upper House, becoming the only state parliament in Australia to have one house. In 1935, cane toads were deliberately introduced to Queensland from Hawaii in a poorly thought out and unsuccessful attempt to reduce the number of French's Cane and Greyback Cane beetles that were destroying the roots of sugar cane plants, which are integral to Queensland's economy. In 1962, the first commercial production of oil in Queensland and Australia began at Moonie.
The humid climate, regulated by the availability of air conditioning, saw Queensland (particularly the south eastern region) undergo rapid population growth as a result of interstate migration. To this day, it is one of Australia's fastest growing states.
Queensland borders the Torres Strait to the north, with Boigu Island off the coast of New Guinea representing the absolute northern extreme of its territory. The triangular Cape York Peninsula, which points toward New Guinea is the northernmost part of the state's mainland. West of the peninsula's tip, northern Queensland is bordered by the Gulf of Carpentaria, while the Coral Sea— an arm of the Pacific Ocean— borders Queensland to the east. To the west, Queensland is bordered by the Northern Territory, at the 138°E longitude, and to the southwest by the northeastern corner of South Australia.
In the south, there are three sections that comprise its border: the watershed from Point Danger to the Dumaresq River; the river section involving the Dumaresq, the Macintyre and the Barwon; and 29°S latitude (including some minor historical encroachments below the 29th parallel) over to the South Australian border.
The state capital is Brisbane, located on the coast 100 kilometres (60 mi) by road north of the New South Wales border. The state is divided into several officially recognised regions. Other smaller geographical regions of note include the Atherton Tablelands, the Granite Belt, and the Channel Country in the far southwest.
Queensland has many places of natural beauty, including: the Sunshine Coast and the Gold Coast having some of the state's most popular beaches; the Bunya Mountains and the Great Dividing Range with numerous lookouts, waterfalls and picnic areas; Carnarvon Gorge; Whitsunday Islands and Hinchinbrook Island.
The state contains six World Heritage listed preservation areas: Australian Fossil Mammal Sites at Riversleigh in the Gulf Country, Gondwana Rainforests of Australia, Fraser Island, Great Barrier Reef, Lamington National Park and the Wet Tropics of Queensland.
Because of its size, there is significant variation in climate across the state. Low rainfall and hot summers are typical for the inland west, a monsoonal 'wet' season in the far north, and warm temperate conditions along the coastal strip. Inland and in southern ranges low minimum temperatures are experienced. The climate of the coastal strip is influenced by warm ocean waters, keeping the region free from extremes of temperature and providing moisture for rainfall.[21]
There are five predominant climatic zones in Queensland,[22] based on temperature and humidity:
- hot humid summer, warm dry winter (far north and coastal) Cairns, Townsville, Gladstone
- warm humid summer, mild dry winter (coastal elevated hinterlands and coastal south-east) Brisbane, Bundaberg, Rockhampton
- hot dry summer, mild dry winter (central west) Mt Isa, Emerald, Longreach
- hot dry summer, cool dry winter (southern west) Roma, Charleville, Goondiwindi
- warm humid summer, cold dry winter (inland south-east) Toowoomba, Warwick, Stanthorpe
However, most of the Queensland populace experience two weather seasons: a "winter" period of rather warm temperatures and minimal rainfall and a sultry summer period of hot, sticky temperatures and higher levels of rainfall.
The annual mean statistics[23] for some Queensland centres is shown below:
|Min. Temp
|Max. Temp
|No. Clear days
|1,149.1 mm (45.24 in)[24]
|1,570.7 mm (61.84 in)[25]
|2,006.3 mm (78.99 in)[26]
|1,136.7 mm (44.75 in)[27]
The highest official maximum temperature recorded in the state was 49.5 °C (121.1 °F) at Birdsville Police Station on 24 December 1972,[28] although the Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua satellite measured a ground surface temperature of 69.3 °C (156.7 °F). This temperature was the hottest value worldwide measured by MODIS in 2003.[29] Queensland has the highest average maximums of any Australian state, and Toowoomba, Stanthorpe, Hervey Bay, Mackay, Atherton and Weipa are the population centers not to have recorded a temperature above 40 °C (104 °F).
The lowest minimum temperature is −10.6 °C (12.9 °F) at Stanthorpe on 23 June 1961 and at The Hermitage on 12 July 1965.[30]
|Climate data for Queensland
|Record high °C (°F)
|Record low °C (°F)
|Source: Bureau of Meteorology[31]
Age and Population[edit]
population by year
|Source: Australian Bureau
of Statistics[32][33]
A smaller proportion of Queensland's population lives in the capital city than any other mainland state. As of June 2004 the capital city represented 45.7% of the population; for the whole country, capital cities represented 63.8% of the total population.
On 9 December 2005, the population of Queensland officially reached 4 million. According to Queensland's Office of Economic and Statistical Research the estimated population of the state at the end of 2007 was 4,228,290 which is almost 20% of Australia's total. For many years until 2008, Queensland was the fastest growing state in Australia. At its peak growth in 2007, it was estimated that over 1,500 people moved to the state per week including 1,000 to the southern part of the state alone and the state recorded a TFR of 2.1, the highest since 1977.[34] Queensland's growth rate has since been surpassed by Western Australia[35]).
Religious affiliation[edit]
According to the 2011 Census, principal religious affiliations in Queensland are distributed as follows:[36]
- Roman Catholic Church: 23.8%
- No Religion: 22.1%
- Anglican Church: 18.9%
- Uniting Church: 8.4%
- Presbyterian and Reformed Churches: 3.5%
- All other religions: 25.3%
Queensland's economy has enjoyed a boom in the tourism and mining industries over the past 20 years. A sizeable influx of interstate and overseas migrants, large amounts of federal government investment, increased mining of vast mineral deposits and an expanding aerospace sector have contributed to the state's economic growth. The 2008–09 saw the expansion slow to just 0.8%, the state's worst performance in 18 years.[38]
Between 1992 and 2002, the growth in the Gross State Product of Queensland outperformed that of all the other states and territories. In that period Queensland's GSP grew 5.0% each year, while growth in Australia's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rose on average 3.9% each year. Queensland's contribution to the Australian GDP increased by 10.4% in that period, one of only three states to do so.[39]
In 2003 Brisbane had the lowest cost of living of all Australia's capital cities. In late 2005 Brisbane was the third most expensive capital for housing after Sydney and Canberra and just ahead of Melbourne by $15,000.
Primary industries include: bananas, pineapples, peanuts, a wide variety of other tropical and temperate fruit and vegetables, grain crops, wineries, cattle raising, cotton, sugar cane, wool and a mining industry including bauxite, coal, silver, lead, zinc, gold, and copper. Secondary industries are mostly further processing of the above-mentioned primary produce. For example, bauxite is shipped by sea from Weipa and converted to alumina at Gladstone.[40] There is also copper refining and the refining of sugar cane to sugar at a number of mills along the eastern coastline. Major tertiary industries are the retail trade and tourism.
Tourism is Queensland's leading tertiary industry with millions of interstate and overseas visitors flocking to the Sunshine State each year. The industry generates $4.0 billion annually, accounting for 4.5% of Queensland's GSP.[41] Queensland is a state of many landscapes that range from sunny tropical coastal areas, lush rainforests to dry inland areas.
The main tourist destinations of Queensland include, Brisbane, Cairns, Port Douglas and the Daintree Rainforest, Gold Coast, the Great Barrier Reef, Hervey Bay and nearby Fraser Island, Townsville, Magnetic Island, North Stradbroke Island and South Stradbroke Island, Sunshine Coast, Hamilton Island, Daydream Island and the Whitsundays known for Airlie Beach and Whitehaven Beach.
Cairns is renowned as the "Gateway to the Barrier Reef" and the heritage listed Daintree Rainforests. The Gold Coast of Queensland is also sometimes referred to as "Australia's Theme Park Capital", with five major amusement parks. These are Dreamworld, Movie World, Sea World, Wet 'n' Wild and WhiteWater World.
There are numerous wildlife parks in Queensland. On the Gold Coast there is Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary at Currumbin and David Fleay Wildlife Park at Burleigh Heads. On the Sunshine Coast there is UnderWater World at Mooloolaba and Australia Zoo near Beerwah/Glass House Mountains, home of Steve Irwin until his death in 2006.
Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary at Fig Tree Pocket and Brisbane Forest Park at The Gap are located in Brisbane. North of Brisbane is Alma Park Zoo which is relocating to Logan City and Kumbartcho Wildlife Sanctuary which was originally called Bunya Park Wildlife Sanctuary.
Accommodation in Queensland caters for nearly 22% of the total expenditure, followed by restaurants/meals (15%), airfares (11%), fuel (11%) and shopping/gifts (11%).[42]
Queensland is served by a number of National Highways and, particularly in South East Queensland, motorways such as the M1. The Queensland government Department of Transport & Main Roads oversees the development and operation of main roads and public transport, including taxis and local aviation.
Principal rail services are provided by Queensland Rail and Pacific National, predominantly between the major towns along the coastal strip east of the Great Dividing Range.
Major seaports include the Port of Brisbane and subsidiary ports at Gladstone, Townsville and Bundaberg. There are large coal export facilities at Hay Point / Dalrymple Bay, Gladstone and Abbot Point. Sugar is another major export, with facilities at Lucinda and Mackay.
Brisbane Airport is the main international and domestic gateway serving the state. Gold Coast Airport, Cairns International Airport and Townsville Airport are the next most prominent airports, all with scheduled international flights. Other regional airports, with scheduled domestic flights, include Great Barrier Reef Airport, Hervey Bay Airport, Mackay Airport, Mount Isa Airport, Proserpine / Whitsunday Coast Airport, Rockhampton Airport, and Sunshine Coast Airport.
South East Queensland has an integrated public transport system operated by the TransLink Transit Authority, which provides services bus, rail and ferry services through contracted bus and ferry operators and Queensland Rail. The TransLink network operates a fare system which allows a single ticket to be used across all modes for the same price irrespective of the number of transfers made on the trip. Regional bus and long-distance rail services are also provided throughout the State. Local bus services are also available in most regional centres.
Executive authority is vested in the Governor, who represents and is appointed by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, on the advice of the Premier. The current governor is Ms. Penelope Wensley, AO. The head of government is the Premier, who is appointed by the Governor but must have the support of the Legislative Assembly. The current Premier is Campbell Newman of the Liberal National Party. Other ministers, forming the Executive Council, are appointed by the governor from among the members of the Legislative Assembly on the Premier's recommendation.
The Queensland Parliament or the Legislative Assembly, is unicameral. It is the only Australian state with a unicameral legislature. A bicameral system existed until 1922, when the Legislative Council was abolished by the Labor members' "suicide squad", so called because they were appointed for the purpose of voting to abolish their own offices.[43] The Parliament is housed in the 19th century Parliament House and 20th century Parliamentary Annexe in Brisbane. The state's politics are traditionally regarded as being conservative relative to other states.[44][45][46][47][48]
The judicial system of Queensland consists of the Supreme Court and the District Court, established by the Constitution of Queensland, and various other courts and tribunals established by ordinary Acts of the Queensland Parliament.
In 2001 Queensland adopted a new codified constitution, repealing most of the assorted Acts of Parliament that had previously made up the constitution. The new constitution took effect on 6 June 2002, the anniversary of the formation of the colony of Queensland by the signing of Letters patent by Queen Victoria in 1859.
Local government[edit]
Local government is the mechanism by which towns and districts can manage their own affairs to the extent permitted by the Local Government Act 1993–2007. Queensland is divided into 73 local government areas which may be called Cities, Towns, Shires or Regions.[49]
Each area has a council which is responsible for providing a range of public services and utilities, and derives its income from both rates and charges on resident ratepayers, and grants and subsidies from the State and Commonwealth governments.[50]
The state's first university, The University of Queensland was established in 1909. It was moved to St Lucia in 1945, where it remains today. The University of Queensland ranks amongst the top 100 universities in several global rankings.
James Cook University was set up in 1970 to become the first tertiary education institution in North Queensland. Griffith University was established in the Brisbane suburb of Nathan in 1971. Bond University was established in 1989 as a not-for-profit university, the first of its type in Queensland and is located at Robina on the Gold Coast. In the Brisbane central business district at Gardens Point the Queensland University of Technology was opened in 1989 (previously the Queensland Institute of Technology).
In the following decades the Central Queensland University, University of Southern Queensland and the University of the Sunshine Coast were established. The Australian Catholic University also operates a campus in Brisbane. In 1997 the National Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts (ACPA) was established and in 2010 Southern Cross University opened a new campus at the southern part of the Gold Coast.
The state of Queensland is represented in all of Australia's national sporting competitions and is also host to a number of domestic and international sporting events. The most popular winter and summer team sports are Rugby league, Rugby union and cricket, respectively. Rugby league's annual State of Origin series is a major event in the Queensland sporting calendar, with the Queensland Maroons in 2013 winning a record eighth series in a row. The Brisbane Broncos are the state's most successful team of any sport, having won 3 premierships in the NRL rugby league era and 6 in total during their 23-year existence.
Queensland's dominance is not restricted to rugby league. The early part of this century saw the AFL's Brisbane Lions claim a hat-trick of premierships between 2001–2003 inclusive, and coming so close to a record-equalling fourth, whilst recently Brisbane Roar FC won back to back A-League titles in the 2010/11 and 2011/12 season, and also set an Australian sporting record of 36 consecutive games unbeaten. Just four years after being branded "the joke of rugby union", the Queensland Reds won its first Super Rugby title in July 2011. The Queensland Firebirds were also an outstanding team in 2011, going undefeated in the Netball ANZ Championship to win the Grand Final.
Swimming is also a popular sport in Queensland, with a majority of Australian team members and international medalists hailing from the state. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Queensland swimmers won all six of Australia's gold medals, all swimmers on Australia's three female (finals) relays teams were from Queensland, two of which won gold.
Major professional teams include:
- Australian Football: Brisbane Lions, Gold Coast Suns
- Basketball: Townsville Crocodiles, Cairns Taipans and the Gold Coast Blaze
- Cricket: Queensland Bulls, Brisbane Heat
- Football: Brisbane Roar, North Queensland Fury (no longer in the A-League) and Gold Coast United (no longer in the A-League)
- Netball: Queensland Firebirds
- Rugby league:
- Representative: Queensland Maroons
- Clubs: Brisbane Broncos, Gold Coast Titans and the North Queensland Cowboys
- State Competition: Queensland Cup
- Rugby union: Queensland Reds
Events include:
- Gold Coast 600
- State of Origin series
- NRL All Stars game
- Townsville 400
- Quicksilver Pro and Roxy Pro
See also[edit]
- Outline of Australia
- Index of Australia-related articles
- Australia at Wikipedia books
- Queensland Council of Unions
- Queensland Day
- Queensland Expatriate Awards
- Queensland State Archives
- State Library of Queensland
- 2010–2011 Queensland floods
- United Nations Association of Australia (Queensland) Community Award
- Governor of Queensland
- Premier of Queensland
- List of highways in Queensland
- List of schools in Queensland
- Protected areas of Queensland
- Category:People from Queensland
- ^ 3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2014
- ^ "Australian National Accounts: State Accounts, 2010–11". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 5220.0. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
- ^ "Floral Emblem of Queensland". AU: ANBG. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ^ "Queensland". Parliament@Work. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
- ^ "How Old is Australia's Rock Art?". Aboriginal Art Online. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ Dortch, C.E. and Hesp, P.A. 1994. "Rottnest Island artifacts and palaeosols in the context of Greater Swan Region prehistory" (Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 77:23–32)
- ^ Place Names at the Wayback Machine (archived October 13, 2007)
- ^ "Dictionary of Australian Biography". Gutenberg.net.au. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
- ^ "Queensland Government – Q150". Q150.qld.gov.au. 11 June 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
- ^ Karl Bitar. "Labor History: Timeline: Foundations: Colonial Origins". Retrieved 24 August 2010.
- ^ "Queensland's History". Qld.gov.au. 29 January 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
- ^ Richard Daintree's glass plates, National Museum of Australia
- ^ a b A History of Queensland by Raymond Evans, Cambridge University Press, 2007 ISBN 978-0-521-87692-6)
- ^ European discovery and the colonisation of Australia culture.gov.au http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/australianhistory/
- ^ Cumpston, JHL (1914). The History of Small-Pox in Australia 1788–1908. Melbourne: Australian Government Printer.
- ^ "New Hope Group". Retrieved 25 February 2014.
- ^ "Welcome to Frontier". Abc.net.au. Retrieved 2010-08-04.
- ^ Australia. "Stories of the Dreaming - Australian Museum". Dreamtime.net.au. Retrieved 2010-08-04.; NSWV&P re 26 Oct 1857; MBC Nov 14, 1857. Book: Reid, Gordon: A Nest of Hornets: The Massacre of the Fraser family at Hornet Bank Station, Central Queensland, 1857, and related events, Melbourne 1982.
- ^ "Q150 Timeline". Queensland Treasury. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
- ^ "Documenting Democracy". Foundingdocs.gov.au. Retrieved 2010-08-04.
- ^ National Climate Centre. "Australian Government, Bureau of Meteorology – Climate of Queensland". Bom.gov.au. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
- ^ "Australian Government, Bureau of Meteorology – Australian climatic zones". Bom.gov.au. Retrieved 4 August 2010.[dead link]
- ^ "Australian Government, Bureau of Meteorology – Climate statistics for Australian locations". Bom.gov.au. 19 July 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
- ^ "Brisbane Regional Office". Climate statistics for Australian locations. Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
- ^ "Mackay M.O.". Climate statistics for Australian locations. Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
- ^ "Cairns Aero". Climate statistics for Australian locations. Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
- ^ "Townsville Aero". Climate statistics for Australian locations. Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
- ^ "Rainfall and Temperature Records". Bureau of Meteorology (Australian Government). Retrieved 13 June 2013.
- ^ "The Hottest Spot on Earth".
- ^ "Rainfall and Temperature Records: National" (PDF). Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 14 November 2009.
- ^ "Official records for Queensland in January". Daily Extremes. Bureau of Meteorology. 31 July 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
- ^ "ABS.gov.au". ABS.gov.au. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
- ^ "ABS.gov.au". ABS.gov.au. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
- ^ "3301.0 – Births, Australia, 2008". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
- ^ Tara Ravens (2 July 2008). "Couriermail.com.au". Couriermail.com.au. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
- ^ "2011 Census QuickStats: Queensland". Australian Bureau of Statistics - Census 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
- ^ Mackay. Travel guide for Mackay: eGuide. Mackayeguide.com. Retrieved on 18 August 2011.
- ^ Tom Dusevic (17 December 2009). "Queensland falls back with the pack". The Australian. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
- ^ "1387.3 – Queensland in Review, 2003". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
- ^ "Gladstone". Comalco.com. Rio Tinto Aluminium. Retrieved 11 January 2010.
- ^ "About TQ – Profile". Tourism Queensland. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
- ^ "Tourism related information and statistics". Discoverqueensland.com.au. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
- ^ Wanna, John (2003). "Queensland". In Moon, Campbell; Sharman, Jeremy. Australian Politics and Government: The Commonwealth, the States and Territories. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. p. 47. ISBN 0-521-82507-5. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
- ^ Daly, Margo (2003). The Rough Guide To Australia. Rough Guides Ltd. p. 397. ISBN 978-1-84353-090-9.
- ^ Penrith, Deborah (2008). Live & Work in Australia. Crimson Publishing. p. 478. ISBN 978-1-85458-418-2.
- ^ Why Labor struggles in Queensland
- ^ George Megalogenis, "The Green and the Grey", Quarterly Essay, Vol. 40, 2010, p69. Available at: http://books.google.com.au/books?id=BHQzwqY1b90C&pg=PA121&dq=quarterly+essay+trivial+pursuit&hl=en&sa=X&ei=BLFqT8zAGYKaiAep6KTpBQ&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=quarterly%20essay%20trivial%20pursuit&f=false.
- ^ "Australia ready for first female leader". BBC News. 25 June 2010.
- ^ Local Government Act 1993, s.34. (Reprint 11E, as in force at 22 November 2007.)
- ^ "Rates and valuations". Queensland: Department of Local Government, Sport and Recreation. 26 July 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2008.
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Queensland.
- Government of Queensland
- State Archives, Government of Queensland.
- State Library, Government of Queensland.
- Far North Queensland (historical footage), AU: National Film and Sound Archive.
- Daintrees, Richard, Glass plates, AU: National Museum.


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My wonderful family... It seems to me that I'm flipping through the calendar much too quickly. Time just doesn't stop but yet it does seem to speed up and slow down at times. It seems like the events a month ago happened so long ago, yet I can't believe that Jan. is half way done.
Brooklyn is alive and kicking. The weather here changes so quickly but the last couple of days it has served us some great warm sunshine. However, it is soon to change. We got some rain today and we are supposed to get some snow Friday. Speaking of weather…hoping to see another ice storm - last year unfortunately, hubby and I missed it, but we did see the after effects. We were in Kansas City when it happened. When we headed back home, we noticed that the signs, trees, fences, and telephone wires were completely covered with ice cycles. It was the most amazing thing. The scary part was seeing huge branches falling from the trees. Now, it wasn't the smaller branches that were falling, but huge branches were crashing to the ground. I wished we could have been safe in our home and witness the storm, but I'm sure there will be more opportunities. Also, did I mention the wind that continually blows?
Steve and I went and toured part of the northern state last weekend. We actually drove his flight pattern to another airstrip. It took a lot longer in the car than in the jet. We saw the beautiful landscape of the state of New York; the out of nowhere wonderful rolling hills. In places, the sun is much bigger here and shines forth-magnificent sunsets. One thing weird is we found red sand/dirt. I don't know where it comes from or how it forms, but some farming fields are red. It's quite interesting. The streams here quite red due to the dirt, but maybe it'll be different in the spring.
We have enjoyed having more of the family only an hour and 10 minutes away from us. It's a smaller family now, but beautiful and great things come in small packages. We also enjoyed the conference. It was downtown Trenton and it was in a ice rink. That was a first for me. Normally during regional/stake conferences, I would be fanning myself, this time I had my coat on the whole time. You could see the ice under the wood and past the rink. Some people even slipped here and there. On the more personal note, it was a great conference. We were blessed to have great spekers there. One of the great messages was to be "happy"!! Simple, but sometimes we forget. Jeff is flying now, and he absolutely loves it! However, along with the fun comes stress. Jeff comes home after 12-hour days tired, but the day/night doesn't stop there because he has to study. He is performing very well. Flying comes quite natural for Jeff and his IP's (Instructor Pilots) have recognized this.
As for me, I'm adjusting quite well to pilot training. I really look forward to the weekends so that I can get reacquainted with my sweetheart. It's incredible how the wives really stick together. I think that I'm with the wives more than I am with Jeff and Steve for the time being. I also stay busy attending Air Force activities. There are many socials and parties throughout the month that I try to attend. I am also on a "Crud" team. It's such a fun game and it gets quite intense and competitive. We have weekly practice so to assure us the First place trophy, which will be determined in March. It's a game that is played on a Snooker table. (It looks just like a pool table but only has 4 holes. We play with only 2 balls, and there are millions of rules, which makes the game quite interesting.) I also continue to go out with the Sister Flyers. Busy busy!!
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It's not that NBA officials just make mistakes and simply blow calls on the court, they do that regularly like any other pro sports officials. The problem with NBA officiating is that it constantly has a hidden agenda for particular games and teams and frankly, it's detrimental to the entire league. Of course, I am saying this the morning after the Denver Nuggets' game-two, 114-111 loss to the beat-up Jazz on Monday night in what was an oddly officiated game.
I don't want to sound like the grumpy hometown fan who feels his team was wronged by some bad calls but sometimes you just got to be that guy. And I would imagine anyone that stayed up until 12 a.m. watching game two would agree with me that the officiating was weird. While the game was physical, intense and exciting, it was still weird.
There was no tempo or flow to the game. It was foul after foul after foul after foul – on both teams. It was a game where the players didn't know what kind of game was being called the whole time. There were times during the game when things would get rough and tough and the refs would allow it to play. Then, when the game got more intense toward the end of the third quarter, the refs pulled the reins back on the players with a ton of petty, chippy fouls that hurt the tempo of the game. And those fouls hurt the Nuggets too.
After scoring a playoff-best 42 points in game one, Carmelo Anthony did not have the night he was looking for in game two, despite scoring 32 points. According to ESPN.com, Anthony was effective from the stripe by knocking down 14 of 15 free throws but could only garner nine of 25 shots from the field. What was worse is that Anthony, for the first time in his career, fouled out of a playoff game with four offensive fouls under his belt. I believe that maybe two of his offensive fouls were justified. The other two maybe not. The foul that killed Anthony and the Nuggets was when the refs whistled Anthony's sixth and final foul with just 25 seconds left, Nuggets down by one. So the full court defense was on, Anthony was all over the Jazz's C.J. Miles, who then stepped out of bounds with the ball. But the refs, instead of calling a turnover and giving the ball back to Denver, called a foul on Carmelo and sent him packing. In the most important 25 seconds of the game, Denver's best late-game shooter was riding the bench. In fact, Denver is 1 and 11 all time when Anthony fouls out. This was a huge call, and, frankly, it cost Denver the game.
"[Anthony] not being in there the last 25 seconds was huge for us," Utah's Carlos Boozer admitted after the game.
The Nuggets finished the game with 37 total fouls, with four starters finishing with five fouls each. The whistles got used on Monday night, that's for sure. Now the refs decided to not let Anthony get too physical on offense and that hurt Anthony. Denver has seen this before. Some refs let Anthony play rough. Some don't. When they don't, Denver adjusts and goes to Mr. Big Shot Chauncey Billups who can usually cash three-pointers at will. On Monday, though, Billups wasn't immune to the refs (as he usually is) and ended up with five fouls and couldn't hit the three pointers.
What pissed me off the most during the game was Utah coach Jerry Sloan, who received a technical foul in the first half for dropping some F-bombs at the refs. It was apparent that Sloan didn't like the way the refs were allowing Carmelo to get rough down below. So after he let them know about it and the refs, T'd him up, it seemed the refs listened. Anthony was no longer allowed to bring the ball into the paint rough and tough style. The refs placated Sloan and it was obvious. (And to Sloan's credit, his foul mouthing worked.)
I don't want to take away a gritty, tough win from the Jazz. For the Jazz to go into Denver and play the way they did was commendable. And perhaps the Jazz is all the Nuggets could handle. They couldn't handle both the Jazz and the refs. For this, I think it's time former NBA ref and flunky Tim Donaghy's referee manual Blowing the Whistle to be required reading for every high school student. Maybe then we'll all have a better understanding of why the NBA refs are the way they are.


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259 S 15th St, Philadelphia, PA | Directions 1910239.947862 -75.166231
Neighborhoods: Rittenhouse Square, Center City
There are dive bars & there is McGlinchy's. Beers in mugs for $2.37 or something similarly ridiculous. Huge oval bar makes me feel at home.
cheap, seedy -- great dive bar – Stopped by here on a pub crawl. The place totally reminds me of some dives I used to goto in San Francisco. Dark and seedy, bathrooms covered in graffiti, but with an interesting crowd. The beer was cold and cheap ($2.30). They have .75 cent hot dogs and chili dogs for $1.25, but they're kinda nasty... But hey, whadda you expect for $1.25! :) Never the less, it's just what the doctor ordered when you stumble into the place at 1:15 AM!
I do believe, I'll be going back here again.
full of overly educated, elvis costello style drunks – If you can't deal with smoking, rude waitresses or cheap beer this place is not for you. If you are going cause you like to smoke and like drinking good beer for low prices then this place has it!
A Diamond in the Rough – I LOVE THIS BAR!!!! Cheap Beer and you can SMOKE!!! OMG I'm in heaven. Not only is the beer cheap but they have a great variety!!! I was drinking barley wines for $3 and I didn?t have to go outside to enjoy my smoke either!!! If you?re not a smoker or can?t stand the smoke then don?t bother, I?m originally from Scranton so, this is a little place like home for me. Believe it or not there are a lot of people looking for a place like this especially in the City. However, they most likely will not be writing a comment on this page. This is the kind of bar that people find out about from word or mouth. No one in the right mind who is looking for this type of bar will be surfing the net. All the people who wrote lousy comments about this place don?t know what a real Pennsylvania-Philly bar experience is worth! You can have your stinking smoking law and I hope you all get 2nd hand black lung anyway!
Great for what it is... – It's a cheap smokey bar. It smells bad. The workers are rude and scary.
It's like a barely lit Waffle House that you can get drunk in.
Shots of the cheapest whiskey and a lager are what you drink.
There are plenty of haggard 40-year olds. There are lots of people who I would describe as graduated hipsters (too tired of the scene to even try anymore). Also, there are a lot of lonely wannabe lovers who desperately want to be talked to.
This is the place that Charles Bukowski would go in Philadelphia.
I am going there tonight and I'm going to have a blast.
When the bartender gets mad because I take too long ordering, she'll roll her eyes and take 20 other people's orders in front of me out of spite...
I'll cherish every single moment.
Never Have Been Treated So Rudely – I will tell everyone that I know to avoid this bar. I was never treated so rudely. I just arrived at the bar and was apparently standing in the way of a disgruntled waitress when I was told to "move" and she literally pushed me. After that, she told me she would "push me harder if I continued to stand there". This should have been handled more politely. Upon asking for management, no one was able to provide any sort of apology. I was treated as if I was in the wrong...and I had only been there for about 5 minutes. From reading the other reviews, it sounds as if miserable servers are the standard here. Stay away!
Maybe just not my scene – This place pretty much stinks, literally and figuratively. The fact that they still allow smoking makes it difficult to breathe, and I think every patron was lighting up. I came here with 3 friends on a Thursday night, and we barely stayed long enough to finish one drink. My friend and I went up to the bar to order a round, and were told we couldn't be served since our other friends were seated at the Ms. Pac-man table. Mind you, there were plenty of empty tables and space around the bar, and the service at the Ms. Pac-man table didn't seem too speedy. A grim waitress eventually served us some cheap beer, the one plus. The rest of the crowd was pretty seedy too. All in all, I usually like my dive bars a little less rude and smelly, but then maybe I'm not a fan of true dive bars.
Stinks. – This place is bulls***. The place denied my boyfriend service because his eyes are "too red", but they weren't too red to get into tops bar above and owned by the same people, and not too red to get into the bar. The service is rude, they are dirty and unaccommodating. It's not a dive bar, it's a c*ap bar and you should totally avoid it.
Home plate – The Bar where I learned to drink in a Bar.
Has probably still poured me more beer than all other spots on the planet put together. I used to be in 4-5 nights a week, for about 12 years.
I live on the Left Coast now, but I still stop in at Mickey G's every time I'm in town.
Yes, it can be a bit intimidating to out of towners who aren't used to real Tavern behavior.
Appalling Service. – The waitresses here are downright rude. The beer is very cheap, but it is just not worth it. It makes you afraid to order a beer because it will be slammed down in front of you by an unsmiling waitress, if it comes at all, and you are perpetually afraid that you will be given a hard time about standing or sitting in the wrong place in the bar. This place prides itself in being an authentic Philadelphia dive bar, but I have lived in Philadelphia for four years and never experienced rudeness like I have at McGlinchey's. My advice: don't bother.
DO NOT GO HERE – My group really had a poor experience here. We were visiting Philly from the midwest and were referred to this place for cheap drinks and a good crowd. When we (group of 6) arrived, three sat down in a booth, while three went to get drinks. The waitress promptly went up to the people at the table and said, "If you aren't going to drink, you can't sit here." Slightly upsetting, since we had literally just arrived. So our group vacated the table to stand next to the bar. We all ordered drinks, and then the waitress was upset because we were in the space that she uses, and they kicked four of us out of the bar. No warnings, no asking to move, just snatching our beers and making us leave. I and another of our party were at the bar, drinking the two beers we just ordered, while this was occuring. After our friends left, the waitress went up to the bartender and said, "Watch these two, they were with all those others, and probably should be kicked out." I said, "what are you talking about."
"Don't get mouthy with me."
"What do you mean, I haven't even talked to you."
Then the bartender grabed my beer and told me to leave. Unbelievable. I truly never experineced anything like this before. The staff was very negative toward us from the minute we walked in the door. Perhaps we were slightly intoxicated, but certainly we were not beligerent or obnoxious. I would avoid this bar at all costs, and go to a place with more pleasant staff.
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The New York Times bestseller from the beloved actress who's made us laugh on shows from The Mary Tyler Moore Show to Saturday Night Live! In this candid take on everything from the unglamorous reality behind red-carpet affairs to her beauty regimen ("I have no idea what color my hair is, and I never intend to find out"), Betty White shares her observations about life, celebrity, and love (for humans and animals). Filled with photos, If You Ask Me is funny, sweet, and straight to the point-just like Betty.
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Ableton Live: Control any knob, VU Meter output with special plugins.
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Torq DJ Software: Full bi-directional support + VU outputs.
Reason: Control any knob or fader, VMeter --> Reason only.
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ProTools: Very minimal support. The fader controller numbers are hard-coded to 33-40, and pans on those tracks are hard-coded to 17-24. Some plugins let you "learn" a mapping, but not all plugins. No output back to VMeter(s).
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Critical Survey of Poetry
Visionary Poets
An in-depth selection of articles from Critical Survey of Poetry, Fourth Edition.
Visionary Poets is a single-volume reference that contains selected essays from Critical Survey of Poetry, Fourth Edition. Every article in this set was carefully selected by our editors to provide the best information available about the topic covered. The essays in Visionary Poets discuss such influential poets as Charles Baudelaire, Lord Byron, Allen Ginsberg, Arthur Rimbaud, and William Butler Yeats. See below for the complete Table of Contents.
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About Critical Survey of Poetry
Completely updated and expanded, Critical Survey of Poetry, Fourth Edition profiles major poets throughout history and the world, including analyses of their significant individual poems or collections. This new edition includes all poets from the previous edition and adds 145 new ones, covering 843 poets in total.
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Looking back through the history books for the events, signings and memorable matches that happened on this day in City's history.
Tuesday 29th August 1978
New signing Ron Futcher, an £80,000 capture from NASL side Minnesota Kicks, makes his City debut in a League Cup tie away to Grimsby Town. Roger Palmer scores one of the goals in a 2-0 win at Blundell Park, watched by 21,148 fans. Another new signing, Colin Viljoen, also makes his debut, coming on a s a 75th-minute substitute for Futcher.
Saturday 29th August 1981
The Blues make their latest start to a league campaign since 1946 – just three days short of September – with a 2-1 victory over West Brom at Maine Road. Goals from Dennis Tueart and Tommy Hutchison earn the points in City's first game since the FA Cup final defeat to Tottenham the previous May.


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Teri Takai, center, the Defense Department's chief information officer, Air Force Maj. Gen. Robert E. Wheeler, left, the department's deputy CIO, and Frederick J. Moorefield Jr., right, the department's director of spectrum policy and programs, brief reporters on the department's release of its electromagnetic spectrum strategy.
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Teri Takai's challenges are 'just like yours'
Most might assume the Defense Department's chief information officer's daily struggles differ significantly from other IT professionals' obstacles. Everyone — except Teri Takai. "The leadership and transformation challenges that I have are not very different than your day-to-day challenges," Takai told the audience at FedTalks 2013 on June 12. "Mine are just on a bit of a larger scale."
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DoD CIO rolled out its Mobile Device Strategy meant to maximize the potential uses of mobile devices, and focuses on three key areas: wireless infrastructure, mobile devices and mobile applications. The goal is to keep these areas flexible and secure enough to benefit the warfighter and keep pace with changing technology.
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DoD rolls out Cloud Computing Strategy
DoD CIO rolled out its Cloud Computing Strategy which lays the groundwork, consistent with the Joint Information Environment framework, for achieving cloud adoption in the Department. It focuses on the creation of Department core data centers, DoD enterprise cloud infrastructure and sustainment of cloud services.
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Privacy Best Practices for #SocialMedia: Today, social media websites like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, and others have become part of our daily routine, connecting us with others to get the latest news and trends or to stay up to date on our favorite topics. In government, Federal agencies are leveraging social media websites to engage customers, understand and address issues raised by the public, and advance operational missions. To assist agencies with leveraging these communication tools, the CIO Council has published a new guide: Privacy Best Practices for Social Media.
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Spectrum is necessary for DOD operations: Teri Takai says the Department of Defense wants to use less spectrum while still being able to operate.
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Teri Takai's challenges are 'just like yours': Most might assume the Defense Department's chief information officer's daily struggles differ significantly from other IT professionals' obstacles. Everyone — except Teri Takai.
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Takai: First Lady of Shared Services: Is it safe to call Defense Department Chief Information Officer Teri Takai the "First Lady of Shared Services?" Even with a $38 billion information technology budget, Takai is facing budget cuts like the rest of the federal government, but is in a unique situation: Her problem is not finding technology, but managing all that she has and a big aspect of that will be finding services and projects that can be shared governmentwide.
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You're invited to attend our Women For Hire nationwide online career fair! Join hundreds of other successful women for this exciting online experience that will connect you directly with employers seeking to meet talented, professional women nationwide. Plus, you'll get free career-building resources and the chance to get one-on-one career advice and guidance to help you land your next great job.
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